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E-bike use ‘could cut car emissions by up to 50%’

18th May 2020 Landscape Comments Off on E-bike use ‘could cut car emissions by up to 50%’

E-bikes could cut car carbon dioxide emissions in England by up to 50% if used to replace car travel, University of Leeds researchers from the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) have found. This equates to about 30 million tonnes per year, researchers said. Even replacing just 20% …

UK commuters create 77.8 million tonnes of C02 emissions

26th September 2019 Community Comments Off on UK commuters create 77.8 million tonnes of C02 emissions

It also found that our daily commutes account for 20.5% of the UK's total emissions

New BITS project to “reduce CO2 emissions and increase bicycle use”

14th March 2019 Business Comments Off on New BITS project to “reduce CO2 emissions and increase bicycle use”

A new multi stakeholder project on Bicycle and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) is aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 9% and increase bicycle use by 10%, within target groups. Under the BITS project, ten partners from top cycling countries came together in a consortium to raise awareness of best practices …